How To Take Ten Days Off Work With Only Three Days Of Annual Leave!

Maximise your Easter break in 2019 and save your annual leave with this simple trick!

For those of us exhausted by the constant demands of work, a well earned break may be closer than we think – and we won’t need to sacrifice our hard-earned leave to get it! The Daily Mail says we should start to think about lodging requests for annual leave during the Easter/ANZAC Day period in 2019 as there is a sneaky way to get ten days off for the price of three!

Quick, Before Someone Else Beats You To It!

Savvy workers who request leave for Tuesday 23 April and Wednesday 24 April following the Easter long weekend are off to a good start, securing themselves a five-day break. Add to that Friday 26 April following the public holiday for Anzac Day on Thursday 25 April and voila…you’ve got yourself a ten day holiday! Given that these dates also coincide with school holidays, they’re sure to be popular so start planning now!

So when we need something to look forward to after the Christmas break is long over, a ten-day mini-getaway in mid-April sounds pretty good to us. Just think of all the things you could get done in a week and a half!

What’s your favourite time of year to take a mini-break? Tell us in the comments below.

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24 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 17 Dec 2022
    11:19 am
I work with special needs children in a school setting so have the school holidays off so I am lucky to get a 2 week break every 10 weeks. Sadly I dont get paid during my time off though.

- - skbou said
  - 19 Jan 2019
    10:44 pm
Very clever.
I don’t much care when I have a mini break as long as I get one occasionally.

- - ella12 said
  - 11 Jan 2019
    1:39 pm
That is very smart, always great to have extra holidays.

- - Blossom said
  - 06 Jan 2019
    4:08 pm
A great time to take school age children away for a holiday or some relaxing family day outings. It doesn’t have to be too expensive. Some places have free admission. To save money pack your own lunches. In warm/hot weather put food and drinks in cooler bags/esky

- - nealsq said
  - 31 Dec 2018
    10:22 pm
if only my husband put family time before work

- - mom315833 said
  - 26 Nov 2018
    12:31 pm
love these sneaky ways to get more holiday times, more time with the family is a win all round.

- - mom226424 said
  - 19 Nov 2018
    9:34 pm
Thanks will be requesting those days off tomorrow and won’t tell anyone until it’s approved. ????

- - mom101628 said
  - 19 Nov 2018
    9:18 pm
Used to do this all the time when I was at work – amazed that it had be spelled out for others to find out about it.

- - mom7108 said
  - 18 Nov 2018
    7:23 pm
Oh clever! I have to be saavy with my leave requests now as school holidays will affect me!

- - tessie said
  - 14 Nov 2018
    9:35 am
Think it depends on where you work as to whether you can achieve this. I can get an extra 12 days if I work it out right. I work 8 days and have 6 off normally so if I take 8 days of annual leave I will actually get 20 days off.

- - rovermum said
  - 12 Nov 2018
    8:55 am
Very clever. We’re always dictated by school holidays, but this is great. However, we prefer to take a big holiday in June. Escaping from the cold winter months of Melbourne to some tropical warmer climate. That’s what we’re planning for next year.

- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 11 Nov 2018
    6:57 pm
I’ve done this before, it’s clever

- - rachel1970 said
  - 10 Nov 2018
    5:55 pm
Already put that time in for those dates next year.

- - mom93821 said
  - 05 Nov 2018
    6:39 am
Yep! We get in super early with all holidays and plan well ahead to secure dates and to secure good prices too.

- - mom74005 said
  - 04 Nov 2018
    8:51 pm
Yep! I was already onto it since it is hubby’s birthday
- mom93821 replied
  
  06 Nov 2018 , 5:57 am
  I am the same – all holidays and all leave already in the diary and on the calendar.
- - ashna9 said
  - 04 Nov 2018
    8:47 pm
Very clever. Get in early!!

- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 04 Nov 2018
    4:11 pm
Cool trick I love it smart thinking 99

- - mom160421 said
  - 04 Nov 2018
    4:08 pm
Good if you can get the time off before co-workers request the same time off.

- - Ellen said
  - 04 Nov 2018
    7:42 am
Always good to plan ahead when possible.

- - mom265671 said
  - 04 Nov 2018
    12:05 am
Genius idea to plan ahead